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BJP remembers Gujarat: to protest next week

To hold weeklong nationwide 'justice week' against “abuse of CBI”

GN Bureau | August 7, 2010

When the BJP sensed that raising the issue of former Gujarat miniister Amit Shah's arrest might spell trouble in parliament, it chose to put it on back-burner. But now it wants to hold weeklong nationwide protests against what it calls the misuse of the CBI.
The party Friday decided to observe a 'Nyay Saptah' (Justice Week) beginning Aug 9. "BJP's campaign against CBI will start on August 9, which is August Kranti Divas, from the historical August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai," BJP general secretary Ananth Kumar said here.

He said party vice president Purshottambhai Rupala and national secretary Kirit Somaiya will lead a march to the CBI headquarters in Mumbai from August Kranti Maidan Aug 9.

As part of the 'Nyay Saptah', Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley will address a public meeting at Ahmedabad and former party president M Venkaiah Naidu will lead a protest in New Delhi Aug 11.
Party leaders like Sushma Swaraj and Ravi Shankar Prasad will participate in the agitation against "political abuse of CBI by the Congress-led government", Ananth Kumar said. He added that rallies and protest marches would be held in various parts of the country.

The BJP has alleged that the Congress-led central government was behind the CBI's arrest of former Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in a staged shootout.
The CBI move came as part of its investigation as mandated by the Supreme Court and the Congress has denied any role in the agency's moves.

During its protest week, BJP has also decided to continue its agitation against price rice by visiting Food Corporation of India (FCI) warehouses to expose poor storage of food grains, Ananth Kumar said.

The BJP leader said that against the buffer stock requirement of 200 lakh tonne food grains, FCI was holding 680 lakh tonne stock. "Around 180 lakh tonne food grains have been kept in the open. More than half of this stock is one to two years old," he said.

He said the party planned to visit over 50 FCI warehouses next week, exposing "the racket" of letting food grains rot.

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